Monday, March 24, 2008

THE NEW AMERICAN CREDO

1I will believe that politiciansAre far more honest than they seem;That all of them have high ambitions;That none of them would ever schemeTo help a plague of corporationsAchieve their dreams of dominationsTo be the worlds first parasitesThat sucked the life from human rights.That freedom is the harmonizingOf rights and duties to a brandHowever it may rape the landSo long as it serves merchandising.All this and more I will believe… Is someone laughing up their sleeve?2As well, I think, pending revision,That freedom is what presidentsMust claim it is. It’s their decisionWho should be tortured for their bents.A citizen should be a vassalTo presidents, though s/he’s an asshole,Until the next election yearWhen, no doubt, s/he’ll sound the “all clear.”Unless, of course, the next electionMight challenge what in policyIs not considered good PC,And takes it in the wrong direction-For PC is the right or wrongOf s/he who is, of all, most strong.3That government is never harmful- Except perhaps when now and thenA citizen becomes an armful.But they’re sent to a federal penTo undergo the revelationsThat makes them follow regulations.Before this if they should trespass,They’re taught with hard ones up the ass.If prisoners are harshly treatedAnd that shows culture too hardnosed, As Dostoyevsky once supposed,Then government here should be fetedAt least in Texas where a bruteWhom they can’t change, they execute.4We must have faith financial marketsAre saviors for the average man, If only we would heed and hark itsAdvice to save the pension planOf CEOs who are clutch hitters,Although they can be orn’ry critters,At least you know they’d never cheatOr how could they survive Wall Street?That they are free of regulationMust certainly be de rigueurElse they will be so insecureThey’ll never risk the litigationBrought on by some investors’ suits; Or Spitzer, prior prostitutes.